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ELIE MYSTAL, Justice Correspondent for The Nation magazine and a contributor to MSNBC, opens his first book, ALLOW ME TO RETORT: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, with the following words: “Our Constitution is not good. It is a document designed to create a society of enduring white male dominance, hastily edited in the margins to allow for what basic political rights white men could be convinced to share.” His starting point is that far from perfect, this document of compromises necessary to win ratification from slave-owners is unworthy of the veneration promoted by the Right and accepted by too many on the Left. Once we get over that, perhaps we can roll up our sleeves and get to work to bring some of its underlying ideals to the real world.
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Finns Are Happy. Americans Aren’t. What’s Finland’s Secret? Trust
Living in the happiest country in the world is a reminder that a people and a nation don’t have to behave as Americans do.
by David Kirp - LATimes - 12-29-2021

How Much Do Things Really Cost?
True Price a Dutch nonprofit aims to help us grasp the real costs of consumption.
by Nick Romeo - The New Yorker - 04-04-2022

Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.
by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux - fivethirtyeight.com - 03-30-2022

Key Voting Bloc Has Swung 15 Points to GOP Since Manchin Killed Child Tax Credit
"Beyond infuriating," said one commentator "and it really is the work of Joe Manchin basically single-handedly."
by Jake Johnson - CommonDreams.org - 04-06-2022

Male Contraceptive Pill Proves Effective and Reversible in Mice
by Michael Irving - NewAtlas.com - 03-23-2022

Republicans Hope the Justices Will Roll Back More Rights
by Jackie Calmes - LATimes -

Climate Is Set To Pass Red Line, Report Says
‘Empty pledges ... put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world,’ U.N. chief warns humanity.
by Frank Jordans & Seth Borenstein - LATimes

The Cost of Not Acting on Climate? US Govt Study Says $2T Per Year by 2100
Throughout this century the crisis will accelerate unless we stop burning coal gas and petroleum now. It's not all or nothing the question is: how bad are we going to let it be?
by Juan Cole - CommonDreams.org - 04-04-2022

Thomas Piketty Thinks America Is Primed for Wealth Redistribution
by David Marchese - NYTimes - 04-01-2022

Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart
A wave of legislation particularly in the West is making states “not only a little different but radically different” says one expert on government.
by Shawn Hubler & Jill Cowan - NYTimes - 04-03-2022
ELIE MYSTAL is justice correspondent for The Nation magazine, legal editor of the MORE PERFECT podcast on the Supreme Court for Radiolab, and a contributor to MSNBC. A graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law, Mystal was for twelve years executive editor of Above the Law. His first book is ALLOW ME TO RETORT.

The U.S. Constitution Was Meant to Be a Work in Progress
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal’s first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed but that it’s still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
by Sonali Kolhatkar YesMagazine - 03-01-2022

Why Does the Media Care More About “the Slap” Than Trump’s Missing Call Logs?
After helping to create the former president the mainstream media still does not know how to cover him.
by Elie Mystal - TheNation.com - 04-01-2022

Anti-Abortion Politicians Are Now Taking Inspiration From the Fugitive Slave Act
In a nod to the bad old days an amendment to a Missouri anti-abortion bill would make it a crime to help a pregnant Missourian get an abortion outside the state.
by Elie Mystal - TheNation.com - 03-11-2022

Loud And Proud: Republicans Take Aim At Whole Constellation Of Privacy Rights
by Kate Riga - talkingpointsmemo.com - 03-30-2022

Will the Supreme Court Frustrate Efforts to Slow Climate Change?
by Jody Freeman - NYTimes - Feb. 26 2022

Supreme Court Ruling on Wisconsin Maps Highlights Its Hostility to Voting Rights
It's no secret the court has been hostile to voting rights recently – but what has changed is the 'velocity' that it is acting with.
by Sam Levine - Guardian - 03-11-2022
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